Your heart goes through a lot as you grow up! And you don’t need to make it worse with a sedentary lifestyle. Unfortunately, heart diseases are the number one cause of death worldwide. Heart health should be on your list of things to worry about whether or not heart diseases run in your family. Come, let us find out how to prevent heart disease. Your heart goes through a lot as you grow up! And you don’t need to make it worse with a sedentary lifestyle. Unfortunately, heart diseases are the number one cause of death worldwide. Heart health should be on your list of things to worry about whether or not heart diseases run in your family. Let us find out how to prevent heart disease.
- Know your risk
If you’re between 40 and 75 years old and have never had a heart attack or stroke, use our Check. Change. Control. Calculator to estimate your risk of cardiovascular events in the next ten years. Certain factors such as smoking, kidney disease, or a family history of early heart disease can increase your chances. Knowing your risk factors can help you and your healthcare team decide on the best treatment plan. Many risk factors can be improved with lifestyle changes.
- Be physically active
Move more – it’s one of the best ways to stay healthy, prevent disease, and age well. Adults should get at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity or 75 minutes of vigorous exercise each week. You can increase your intensity for even more benefits if you’re already active. If you’re inactive now, start by simply sitting less and moving more.
- Live tobacco-free
Never start if you don’t smoke, vape, or use tobacco products. There’s no such thing as a safe tobacco product. If quitting smoking or tobacco is challenging, ask your team for help to kick the habit using proven methods. Don’t just swap one tobacco source for another. And try to avoid secondhand smoke, too!
- Take your medicine
If you have a health condition, your doctor may prescribe statins or other medications to help control cholesterol, blood sugar, and blood pressure. Take all medications as directed. But don’t take aspirin as a preventive measure unless your doctor tells you to. If you’ve never had a heart attack or stroke, daily aspirin may not help you and could cause problems, including the risk of bleeding. If you’ve had a heart attack or stroke, your doctor may want you to take a low dose of aspirin to reduce your risk of having another.
- Eat a healthy diet
Center you’re eating plan around vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, nuts, plant-based proteins, lean animal proteins, and fish. Make intelligent choices like limiting refined carbohydrates, processed meats, and sweetened drinks. Use the nutrition facts label on packaged foods to reduce sodium, added sugars, and saturated fats, and avoid trans-fat.
- Be a team player
Your healthcare team can help you reduce your risk of heart disease or stroke to live a longer, healthier life. Work together on your prevention plan. Ask questions, and be open about any challenges you may face in trying to make healthy changes. Stress, sleep, mental health, family situations, tobacco use, food access, social support, and other issues can all affect your health and well-being.
We hope this information was helpful, do let us know what you do to prevent heart disease.
